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Clenia

Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae

Taxonomy
Clenia was named by Ameghino (1904). Its type is Clenia minuscula.

It was replaced with Clenialites by Ameghino (1906); it was synonymized subjectively with Microbiotherium by Marshall (1982).

It was assigned to Microbiotheriidae by Ameghino (1904), Goin et al. (2010) and Goin and Abello (2013).

Species
C. brevis, C. minuscula (type species)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Clenia Ameghino p. 111
1906Clenialites Ameghino p. 422
2010Clenia Goin et al.
2013Clenia Goin and Abello

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderMicrobiotheriaAmeghino 1899
familyMicrobiotheriidae(Ameghino 1887)
genusClenia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Clenia Ameghino 1904
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†Clenia brevis Goin et al. 2010
†Clenia minuscula Ameghino 1904
Invalid names: Clenialites Ameghino 1906 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tinguirirican to the top of the Colhuehuapian or 36.00000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) C. brevis (176200)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) C. minuscula (141368)